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confoi-nit*  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filma  J  : 

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d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

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dernidre  image  de  chaque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — ^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE  '.  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 


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right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


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filmds  6  des  taux  de  reduction  diffdrents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  etre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  cliche,  II  est  film^  6  partir 
de  Tangle  sup^rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  6  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n^cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  m^thode. 


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PROBLEMS 


By    C.   V.   STUBBS, 

of  St.  John.  N.  B., 
Canada. 


Composed    1 883-1903, 


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1904. 
George    H.    Walcott,     Publisher, 
Boston.    Massachusetts,    U.  S.  A. 


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9  S'i, 


Problem  No.  i. 


BLACK. 


4 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  m: 


s. 


Problem  No.  2. 


BLACK. 


^ 


f^ 


'/'//^'^r//,^ 


'/, 


k 


■/■-     //■'■ 


>:/: 


y/  y-      ■-./■ 


'Mz/y/A 


^ 


,  i  yy/y.-/////. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  3. 


BLACK. 


i 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  4. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


•■'IS'   ■ 


\ #  'i 


FT 


1 


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i 


I 


Problem  No.  5. 


BLACK. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  6. 


BLACK. 


WHITE 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two 


moves. 


1 


«^ 


Problem  No.  7. 


BLACK. 


WHITE 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


lt~ 


Problem  No.  8. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 

White  to  play  and  mate  in  two 


moves. 


^,^:;'-V-^:^^»*'A       jj  'y::^,i ;;' c^^?^- ;,  "f^: ■  ,•;- _;  -'.■_:;^y>^ ..  ^,^;^i[:. 


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Problem  No.  g. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  lo. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  ii. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


\Vhite  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  12. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  13. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  14. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  15. 


BLACK. 


"pl 


fM 


«rs^^«^^^r«;. 


V/ 


m- 


'W43. 


m. 


'fMrm 


^ 


i 


^' 


^ 


M 


y/WA 


i 


r#^ 


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w. 


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1 


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4mm 


m 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  i6. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


\A^hite  to  play  and  mate  »n  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  17. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  i8. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  ig. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  20. 


BLACK. 


m-y^M 


W//y/M 


Ms. 


7,//'///,//, 


■■///////,//, 


w<m 


;./H; 


y/'///y/,y, 

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y-'^i^^    ^    ymy% 


A 


^t  ^yyy/yf 


■//: 


whit:£ 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  21. 


BLACK. 


I 
4 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  22. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No,  23. 


BLACK. 


'<(f'^. 


"mm. 


i  WM 


■m 


mM. 


iasri 


m 


y/^-^ 


^  ^  ^^  '^^  y^^v/m 

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wm 

W///M         ^w#^ 


1W/^  ''Mn'^'^',  


m^y- 


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WMA 


HP 

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wm. 


"//a 


y^//////A 


fi  til 


PK^       iMI 


^ 


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^ 


« 


P« 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  24. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  25. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  26. 


BLACK. 


fM 


4m     W      »      wm.f^^ 

WW' 

mm. 


i 


M* 


■^fJ 


mw/A 


!'^  fi  «       * 


'VM'/M  §^# 


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W/-/M 


wm 


WMy^/. 


mm. 


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^^     #^^      '^^.  •« 


^Mi. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  27. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  28. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  29. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  30. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  31. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  32. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  33. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  34. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


r  A 


Problem  No.  35. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


'/hite  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  36. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  plav  and  mate  in  fT„^ 


nioves. 


Problem  No.  37. 


BLACK. 


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g'#^         »^ 

^WT^  W'W^',  ymyM  WfZ^M  I 

'.'&''/M  k\\i.'^  -//^/M  vS^'M 

yfyiV'W>  'MJkkJ^  y/////^''/y/ 

'///<'m.  '^^fe£7>2         W'/M. 


'W'f^ 


WHITE. 


\A/}iitc  to  r>la'^'  and  mntf  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  38. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


i 


Problem  No.  39. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  40. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  nlny  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  41. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


\A«^hite  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  42. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 

White  to  play  and  mate  in  two 


moves. 


Problem  No.  43. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  44. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 

White  to  play  and  mate 


in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  45. 


BLACK. 


y."//.'-'//. 


^^.' 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  46. 


BLACK. 


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v//y^'-'^,  ^7^////////.  '/'/^\y// 

m  9/.^////,  WMM  '4^/A 

^1         «         i:?^ 


% 


/  /' , 

'/■'■////////. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  47. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  48. 


BLACK. 


wmM 


'mWA  WM 


w.  v///.//y///. 

mm. 


r 


m 


7/,  'Mm///M 


m/M. 


'/j/L — Y, 


W/M 


.''//'•' 


'WM 


1 


wMa 


•////////A 


m 


?^^^y 


v-i-^^^ 


i 


■^^^^^--^^^ '"WW> 


i    ffl 


% 


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fM 

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m 


^■fvY-??        'W/'/W/        V'^'wM 

'i'^     mm.     mm 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  49. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  50. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  51. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  52. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  53. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


Vhite  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  54. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  55. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  5^- 


BLACK. 


;      iff      im 


<■'////  ■-■///, 


WHITE. 


■^.A/^;*.^  to  piny  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  57. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


WViite  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  58. 


BLACK 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  n^oves. 


Problem  No.  59. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  60. 


BLACK. 


'/■■/, 


Ci  'Z'///////A 


"P 

&A 


W/M 


m 


^^W 
« 


mm 


W/M. 


m. 


V'firiiY/O 


■y, 


'// 


A'///'////rA 


m 


y///////y/>. 


WM 


mm. 


^m      WM 

^P     ^^P     WM     ^^ 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


"'^^'.^^^^^  --^V-^ 


Problem  No.  6i. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


fA'J'^f^^ 


Problem  No.  62. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


■— ;— rjEr?«-' 


'VB  J 


3^r 


->.■->,■.■■ 


^'''^■«6:"  JJ! 


Problem  No.  63. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  64. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


Problem  No.  65. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  two  moves. 


«Y^.*i#L 


.#•'; 


Problem  No.  66. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


i/T._ 


■'fc- 


■^1^ 


Problem  No.  67. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  68. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


v^-i  Aliiii>>.^yffH- 


w 


Problem  No.  69. 


BLACK. 


'^'^^'^m,  ^^^  ^^^ 


mm       'mm,       \ 


V/T/T/f////' 


wM.  „,„_^^ 


v//±^/lU* 


mm       |g| 


l5^^ 


. 


mm 


'^ 


wS,^Wm 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  70. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


^Af^hite  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  71. 


BLACK. 


WHITE, 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


"ir-TT 


Problem  No.  72. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  73. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  74. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


ftmM 


rh' 


Problem  No.  75. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  76. 


BLACK. 


^'-^^i^         -mfA 


w 


v//mm 


mwM. 


WW'^M 


■//////////. 


'm 


Eh&^ 


■^ 


wm^ 


mm. 


^/7y7y,j/J6^, 


V//////A    ^^^^WM 

'mm 


i 


■^/A 


y:^.^^^W/M  W/M. 


^tm^ 


\P7^W 


'///.////{''^ 


m 


m 


mm 


mm. 


WS. 


m 


wmB, 


<? 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  77. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  78. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


mm.iM 


MlLfK^' 


Problem  No.  79. 


BLACK. 


y/////vA 


yyy:''^^  y^yy^y«y, 

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WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  80. 


BLACK. 


few 


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m. 


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WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  8i. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


\A^hitc  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  82. 


BLACK. 


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WM/a 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


k  ^- .  m. 


Problem  No.  83. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  84. 


BLACK. 


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WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


~jS~  .  *i^im3^^ 


Problem  No.  85. 


BLACK 


WHITE. 

White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


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White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  87. 


BLACK. 


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White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  88. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  pl-sy  and  mate  in  thif 


e  move?. 


Problem  No.  89. 


BLACK. 


WHITE 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  moves. 


Problem  No.  go. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  three  :nove^. 


Problem  No.  gi. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


W^hite  to  play  and  mate  in  four  moves. 


Problem  No.  92. 


BLACK. 


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WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  four  moves. 


Problem  No.  93. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


■ 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  four  moves. 


Problem  No.  94- 


BLACK 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  mate  in  four  moves. 


Problem  No.  95' 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 

White  to  play  and  mate  in  four  move 


Problem  No.  96. 


BLACK 


WHITE. 

White  to  play  and  self-mate  in  five  moves. 


Problem  No.  97- 


BLACK 


White  to 


WHITE. 

play  and  seU-mate  in  four  moves. 


1 


Problem  No.  98. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  self-mate  in  four  moves. 


Problem  No.  99. 


BLACK. 


:-)  ■ 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  self-mate  in  five  moves. 


'TIS 


w^%:^m-''^^^W^ 


Problem  No.  loo. 


BLACK. 


WHITE. 


White  to  play  and  self-mate  in  five  moves. 


■■"VI 


BIOGRAPHICAL. 

Mr.  Charles   F.    Stubbs     ^^^^XZ'- 

tor,.  Er>glar,d,  of  E"f '^*>  ^  ^^  ,1,,  exception 
,4,  in  the  year  853-  J^^  g,,^,^^.  Mass.. 
of  a  few  years  residence   in 

^,ere  he  learned  the  -^  -f^^f  U,  ,„ 
thirty  years   ago,    Mr.   siu  jj_ 

St.  John.  N.  B.,  -"J«5  ^  J-^  ^i,.  the 
known     through    his    c"""  twenty- 

Olobe   Chess   column  /-^-^^^^^^^      ^J^_ 

one  years,   ^"f^f^^™  .  in  his  own  city, 
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Mr.   Stubbs   has   ^"'T^/^P^f;    besides 
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Problems  Nos.   40  ^"^'^ J^rJ  last 
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^^''/  mI'^nT  .''was  composed  previous 
Problem   NO.  ^J'  g„^  problem, 

to  1883.  I*  '^  *"f  .  the  Detroit  Free 
and  was  P^f^'^^Vr  the  other  problems 
Press    in    i077-  inclusive, 

were  composed  from  18  3  °  •5°|^„„,  ,,,. 
and  are   arranged  ^ere,   m  th  ^^^^ 

tions,     two     movers      t.-  m    ^^^^^   ^^^_ 
almost   in    the    preci_c 
ception  and  publication. 


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Solutions. 


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Q-KS 

Kt-K6 

R-KB5 

K-Kt3 

Kt-KB8 

R-Q3 
Q-KB  sq 

R-QKt6 

RXP 
Kt-KB7 
B-KR8 
Q-KB6 

R-QS 

R-QB3 

B-K5 

I  P-R8(q) 
I  Q-K.B3 

I  R-Q3 
1  Kt-K6 
I  R-KB8 

B-KKt  sq 

K-Q2 

Q-QR3 

K-Kt8 

B-UKtS 

I  KtXP 
Kt-K  sq 
R_KKt2 

H-KR  sq 

ii-QB4 

Kt-K3 

Q-Ca4 


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Key-moves. 

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,6  I  B-KB2 

^7  I  p_KB8(kt), 

^8  I  Kt-KBs       ' 

39  1  Q-QB4 

40  I  B-KR4 

41  I  B-QKt2 
;2  I  B-QKt2 

I  Kt-Qsq       I 

1  Kt-Qsq 

1  B-QBsq      I 
I  B-KR7 
I  R-Q5 
,     1  Q-Q5 
,     I  B-KR3 
)     I  K-QB7 

1  I  Kt-KB2 

2  1  Kt-KB2 
7     I  Kt-QKt6 
4     I  Kt-KK.t2 
1;     1  Kt-KKt2 

6  I  BXP 

7  I  Kt-KR3 
,8     I  B-Q3 

;g      1    R-Q*^q 

^6  I  R-Q«6 

n  I  Q-QK16 

S2  I   CastU's 

fi-i  1  R-KK16 

64  I  B-QB4 

6q  I  Kt-K2 

66  I  R-KBsq 

67  I  R-^^3 

68  I  Q-K6 


I  R-K2 
I  R-QB3 
I  Kt-K8 
I  P-Q8(b) 

I  R-Q5 
I  B-QKt2 

I  P-KKt5 

I  R-Q7 
1  P-QKt7 
I   Q-KRsq 

1  B-KR4 
1  BXP  + 
I  B-KKt5 

I  Q-QR3 

I  KtXB 

I  Kt-Q8 
:     I  Kt-QB6 
■y     I  R-KRsq 
,     I  B-QKt5 
i     I  B-KR  ^-q 
,     I  R-KRS 

0  I  B-QR5 

1  1  B-K3 

2  1  R-QKts 
a  I  Ki-QKtS 
»4  I  K-Kt3 

,:;      I   K-K4 
yCj     I  B-K.Kt6 
j7     1  R-K4 
\S     I  R-KB  sq 
99     I  R-Q7 
00     I  B-KB4 


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